| 单词 | christmas log |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChristmas log Christmas log n. (a) a large log traditionally burnt on the hearth on Christmas Eve; = yule-log n. at yule n. Compounds 2; (b) a log-shaped cake (often a Swiss roll covered in chocolate icing) eaten at Christmas. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas yule-stock?a1505 Christmas log1613 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 1613 J. Boys Expos. Festivall Epist. & Gospels 63 It is the fashion of many men..to boast of their rich attire, great attendance, good fire, large cheere: yet (seeing Christ is heire of all things in the world) they cannot in their owne right enioy so much as a Christmas log..till they be first ingraffed in him. 1885 Westm. Rev. July 49 What is now the Christmas log once kept up the fire all night during the sun's longest absence, in the winter solstice. 1925 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 20 Dec. 19/1 These recipes will make your Christmas dinner this year novel and delectable. The French buche de Noel or Christmas log, looks for all the world as though it had just been cut from a tree. 2012 Times (Nexis) 15 Dec. (Sat. Review section) For children who don't like Christmas pudding there's a chocolate-rich Christmas log. 2012 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 24 Dec. A farmer who's a friend of mine..says you've got to pick out the Christmas logs for Christmas day. < as lemmas |
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